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Paternal and maternal psychiatric history and risk of preterm and early term birth: A nationwide study using Swedish registers.

Weiyao YinJonas F LudvigssonUlrika ÅdenKari RisnesMartina PerssonAbraham ReichenbergMichael E SilvermanKajantie EeroSven Sandin
Published in: PLoS medicine (2023)
Paternal and maternal psychiatric history were associated with a shift to earlier gestational age and increased risk of births before full term. The risk consistently increased when fathers had a positive history of different psychiatric disorders, increased further when mothers were diagnosed and was highest when both parents were diagnosed.
Keyphrases
  • gestational age
  • birth weight
  • preterm birth
  • mental health
  • pregnancy outcomes
  • body mass index
  • weight gain